Long-Time Fair Sweethearts Are Engaged

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Published on July 31 2015 3:25 pm
Last Updated on July 31 2015 4:32 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

Luke Goldstein and Melissa Mellendorf are of the take-it-slow category when it comes to marriage.

It seems appropriate that on this first day of the Effingham County Fair, Goldstein asked Mellendorf to marry him. That's because they met at the fair...11 years ago. Their courtship is familiar to many longtime fairgoers.

The two were teenagers when they met. Now, they both have deep ties to the fair; Luke is the 4-H Beef Superintendent, while Melissa is a past fair queen. They are both former 4-Hers; he showed cattle, she showed pigs. He attended Teutopolis schools, she went to Dieterich.

Be sure to congratulate them when you visit the fair this week.